The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-02

He Writes of the Heat i'm Chi
cagO and Other Matters
of Interest.

| Oh INTEREST.
Chicago, ILL.,, July 27.-The in
tense hot weather of this week, ha.
again created sad havoc in Chicago
ard almost ruined her reputation as ,
summer resort, if she ever had any
Homes that were once bright and
happy are now desolate and sad.
Never in the history of the Lake
side City. has the death list been SO
heavy as during this summers heat,
over two hundred being reported tc
the coroner for those dreadful three
days of week before last, which di
rectly resulted from sun stroke, and
there were doubtless many more which
were attributed to other causes. The
patrol wagons were kept busy carry.
ing the dead to their homes, or to the
morgue, and a large number of the
unfortunates' names could not be
learned. The scene at the churches
was heartrending, as procession after
procession filed up to the doors, and
service after service was held, and the
dead conveyed to their last resting
place.
The Daily News has started fund
which they are pleased to call the
Fresh Air Fund" its purpose being
to provide place where poor mothers
and little babies can get plenty of
fresh air and recreation during the
heat of the day without any cost.
The fund has now reached about
81 500. and is still growing. A large
open building has been erected on the
lake front at Twenty.ffth street, and
placed under competent management,
and thither the little sufferers are
taken during the day, where they
are free from the stiffiing
smoke and sinking atmosphere
which generally pervades those Sec
tons of the city inhabited by the
poorer classes. Had it not been for
this haven the death list among the
little ones would doubtless have been
a heavy one during the recent hot
spell. The object is most worthy one,
and it is to be hoped that those who
instituted the work will be enabled to
maintain it. Your correspondent re-
Gently took trip through several of
the poorer districts, and was truly
amazed at the state Of affairs that ex-
listed. Three or four families may be
found living in as many rooms, and
very frequently in two rooms, the
men, women and children being hud-
died together like so many cattle.
One stove very frequently does service
for five or six families. one person
owning it, and the rest paying so
much per week for the US ! of a hole.
1t is crying shame that in a ,ity
where so much money is spent
for champagne, suppers and cruises
on the lake, as here, people should
be allowed to live thus, yet it is a
fact. Perhaps if there were few
less boodlers and millionaires elected to
public positions by the people there
would be more honesty displayed in
the administration of public affairs,
and these places might at least be
made habitable.
The city council has invited Presi-.
dent Cleveland to visit Chicago dur
ing his western trip, and instructed
the mayor to appoint a committee of
two hundred and fifty citizens. to rep
resent all parties, to convey the invi-
tation to him. Should he accept,
the city will endeavor to do herself
proud on the occasion of his visit.
The police are determined to rid
the city of the gamblers, and now
that the Washington Park races are
over, the vagrancy law will be rigidly
enforced against all professional gam.
blers who have no other visible means
of support. MACK.
McGarigle Still Being Searched
For.
Chicago, July 30-Sheriff Matson is be-
ginning to look little tagged out, but his
blood is up and he says he will find out
where McGarigle is or know the reason
why.
II wouldn't like to express an opinion
on the subject Of dispatch received to-
day saying that Edward Blake had passed
through the straits" said the sheriff "but
don't regard it in the same light that
would q proven verify. don't see how
she could have passed without being seen.
A special last night from St. Ignace
Mich says: "James Connors, a lumber,
man, came in from his camp about fifty